We'll need several watch groups to insure the correct flow and coverage of information.A newspaper or news service is too important to leave in the hands of the private sector or one family.

Bezos should first establish a council of diversity made up past employees of the EEOC and DOJ .

Also a star chamber of current members of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Rainbow Coalition should also have editorial oversight and input. Sharing in all editorial and advertising decisions with the help and input of LGBT.

"It's not a heavy hand of censorship that guides us, it is a gentle hand on the till that steers the ship."

You know, the headline seems like hyperbole... until you realize that something like 40% of Americans have zero or negative net worth. The Washington Post would be - if my math is correct - around infinity percent of their net worth.

hp6sa:You know, the headline seems like hyperbole... until you realize that something like 40% of Americans have zero or negative net worth. The Washington Post would be - if my math is correct - around infinity percent of their net worth.

Does that mean that once you buy something that's an infinite percent of your net worth, you become infinitely richer?

WhiskeySticks:If I ask Mr. Bezos politely, maybe he will pick up the tab on my student loan if I promise to buy most everything off Amazon from here on out.

What's $32,000? I mean come on Mr. Bezos, really...

You know what's interesting is that, as much stuff as Amazon sells...if there was a realistic way or Amazon to ensure that you really did buy most everything from them, that would be a hell of a deal for them. You'd obviously spend way more than $32k on stuff for the next ~60 years, and while Amazon themselves wouldn't see all of that, I bet they'd see enough to make it worth their while.

You throw in Amazon making deals with certain Universities, getting them a discount on tuition for any students they can drive towards the universtiy...sponsored college educations? It doesn't sound that crazy to me.

Why? Why invest $250M in a newspaper? I get that this is a relatively small purchase for someone worth $28B, but why? When you're that rich and want the coolest toy in town, you buy a football or baseball team.